Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
business Transacted at Last Nights Rag
ular Meeting.

Business Transacted at Last Nights Rag
ular Meeting.
Theregular monthly meeting ofthe Board
of Education was held in its rooms in the
Public Library Building. last evening, and
when the roll was called those present were
Messrs. Acker, Dickey, Dobbins, Ebeling.
Ellingham, Eschtruth, Hannah, HAuell,
List, Miller, Shafer, Waterhouse, White,
Work and President Pipes, DR.. Jepson
coming in later. No business Of especial
importance was transacted except the
adoption of suitable resolutions respecting
the death of DR.. J. B. Reed, deceased
member Of the Board, and the election Of
q successor in the person Of Mr.. c. l..
Davis, former member Of the Board. A
good deal of discussion was occasioned over
the matter of advancing the salaries Of sew
eral teachers and jsnitors, and many ofthe
members of the Board were Of the opinion
that if the report Of the COMMITTEES on Sal
aries nominating such salaries for the year
was changed in one or several cases, the
Board would have continual requests for
raises from all the schools.
A well attended special meeting OF the
Board was held Wednesday morning to
take action concerning the death Of
DR.. j. B. Reed, and a committSs
.0Sk4.ssias "a asSsiS nKnnad, I.is-
and Waterhouse, was appointed to draft
suitable resolutions for presentation at last
evenings meeting. 1t was also decided to
attend the funeral in body.
After the reading Of the minutes Of the
two previous meetings last evening; they
were ordered signed and the following
business was transacted
The Committee on Accounts reported
bills amounting in the aggregate 10
1886 SO, which were ordered paid.
The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds, reported that pursuant to the
authority given 1t by the Board, TO COM
plete the furnishing Of the Richie Annex
in order to make it ready for occupancy,
a number of miscellaneous items Of ex-
pense were incurred, amounting in all to
S3344S. The bills were approved. Other
bills amounting to $563.44 were presented
and ordered paid. Klieves, Kraft & Co.,
presented through this committee their
third estimate on the Washington School
building, which amounts to S,134, and
which was also ordered paid.
The Committee on Public Library re-
ported bills amounting to 81. .26. 81, which
were ordered paid. 1t also reported that
S55. l2 had been expended during Septem.
Der and October under the rule allowing it
to expend $50 per month, without orders,
for the maintenance OF the Library. The
Committee asked that The Forum be added
to the list Of magazines in the Library, and
the report was adopted in full.
The Committee on Text Books, TO which
was referred the matter Of providing pri-
mary reading charts, recommended that
twelve sets Of Buffers primary reading
charts be purchased by the Clerk, and by
the Superintendent distributed TO the sew
eral schools.
On recommendation Of the Committee on
Salaries, the salary Of Mrs. Griffith, teacher
of Clay annex, was raised to 500 per month,
to date from Sept. lst. The salary of Alex
Butler, janitor of the colored school, was
on recommendation Of the Committee also
raised from SIS to $1s per month.
Superintendent Anderson's report was
read, of which the following is an abstract: